Dinkins, 89, — who was slapped with a personal injury lawsuit on Friday — said he had no clue he hit Rodrigo Garcia, as he was driving his 2013 Cadillac along York Avenue to take his wife Joyce to the doctor on June 30 because she wasn’t feeling well.

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“As a result of her examination, her physician directed her to go to the New York Presbyterian Emergency Room on East 68th Street for immediate treatment. I, of course, said I would drive Joyce to the hospital right away,” Dinkins said in a statement.

“As we neared the hospital on York Avenue, a man came up to my car window and told me my car had been hit by a bicycle about a half a block away. It was the first time I was aware of any such incident. I told the man that my wife was in medical distress and that we were on the way to the emergency room a short distance away, but that I would return to the area he described once I got her into the ER.

“After I made sure that Joyce was admitted and being cared for I not only returned right away to the alleged scene in my vehicle (no one was present at that time) but also fully cooperated with officers from the NYPD who interviewed me at the hospital. The officers also inspected my car.

“”So it’s clear: I was not aware of any contact between the bicycle and my car at the time it may have occurred,” the statement said. “When I became aware of the incident, I not only returned to the scene, I also fully cooperated in the making of the police department accident report.

Garcia, 32, a Bronx resident, suffered a broken right ankle in the accident. He is suing Dinkins in Manhattan Supreme Court, and complained that police wrote the report “100 percent in his [Dinkins’] favor.” He’s been out of work since the accident.

“I take my responsibilities as a driver in New York City very seriously and would never do anything to violate the law. I have spent my lifetime helping New Yorkers and nothing will ever change that.”